“ Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity, forbidden in the Word; [8] nor can such incestuous marriages ever be made lawful, by any law of man or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife. ”

“ It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent; [5] yet it is the duty of Christians to marry in the Lord; [6] and therefore such as profess the true religion, should not marry with infidels, or idolators; neither should such as are godly, be unequally yoked, by marrying with such as are wicked in their life, or maintain damnable heresy. ”